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In a sense though on a different topic, the following is related to my previous blog concerning the dangers to British society of the “politically correct culture” of New Labour which has and is continuing to generate a lot of frustration and anger among people. The problem with this as seems clear to me, it spills over into every direction and not always correctly so.

This story concerns the only survivor from the terrorists who took over the Iranian Embassy in 1980 which siege was quite spectacularly ended by the SAS.

Coming Up for Release

The man in question is called Fowzi Badavi Nejad, he was 22 in 1980, an Iranian working for the Iraqis and he escaped by hiding among the hostages who only identified him once they were outside the Embassy and in the full glare of the cameras. Although one cannot say with any certainty, I would hazard a guess that if identified inside the premises, I don’t think he would have survived.

Be that as it may, the decision was taken to try him in the UK where he has served 28 years in jail and therefore must now be 50 years of age. He has apparently been told that he won’t be deported and will therefore remain in the UK and if he can’t find work, presumably live off the State.

The Daily Telegraph

Yesterday for some reason best known to itself, it seems increasingly schizophrenic these days caught between right wing populist trash like this and “Mary Riddell” a total riddle indeed, anyway they published an Editorial highlighting this in the following terms:

“Nejad, who was 22 at the time, was sentenced to life imprisonment and is shortly to be released. He has been assured he will not be deported to his native Iran and will instead stay in Britain at taxpayers’ expense.

The reason is that under the European Convention on Human Rights, no-one – not even a convicted terrorist – can be removed to a country where they would face ‘inhuman or degrading treatment.’

This is taken to mean torture or detention in poor conditions. However, it does not forbid a state from imposing the death penalty within its own territory. Iran has demanded the return of Nejad to face trial for the murder of two hostages during the siege. Provided assurances can be given about the fairness of the procedures, is there any reason why he should not be removed to his native country?”

There were a few early comments to this article all for deporting him but again the DT closed off publishing any further readers comments against the article. However and later on in the day, Con Coughlin decided to wade in on the DT blogs:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin/blog/2008/10/09/lets_deport_the_iran_embassy_siege_survivor_to_iraq

Standing Up for Fair Play

I wrote in to this one and was the only voice to speak for him or more importantly, British Fair Play:

“Sorry Con, total rubbish. If the SAS had known he was one inside the building, he wouldn’t have come out alive but he did. The choice then was to hand him over to the Iranians there and then or try him here, we chose the latter so this is where we are today. A young man of 22 is now 50 having served 28 years and presumably with full remission.

Let us forget the daft Human Rights Act and just act both sensibly and fairly, yes he should stay in the UK and that decision was in effect taken when we decided to try him here back in 1980.

Whatever you or anybody else feels about him living off Social Security needs to be balanced against the total inhumanity of making him serve 28 years in jail here only to be sent to Iran to be executed – is that the kind of Britain you want ?”

The Blog format is more intimate so I was attacked by about five people who apparently think that it is fine to ship him back to Iran. I finished off with the following:

“ Gentlemen, Fear comes with age and an awareness of ones increasing impotence, lack of testosterone and a fearful attitude to the world little better than a yapping small dog.

Because of political correctness, your anger and frustration with it all is boiling over in the wrong direction and aimed at the wrong target and in doing so you become no better than Bully Brown or the worse terrorist.

Instead of trying to make cheap points concentrate on the main point which is and will remain:

Whether you think 28 years incarceration is not long enough is irrelevant, the fact is that 28 years ago the decision was taken to try and imprison him here. Now you may argue about that decision all you like as you suck on your boiled sweets but that is what happened.

It is no different to Civil Servants having index linked pensions, people not yet born today may argue against the wisdom of that in 28 years time so what do you want them to do, we will all be dead but, remove their pensions ?

It used to be said something about an “Englishman’s Word…” clearly you lot prefer “Perfidious Albion” for principles do not govern your thoughts.

The man has served his time and only certain death faces him in Iran but no man deserves double jeopardy or punishment for the same crime that is neither justice or, British Justice. It is not only for the rights of “Metric Martyrs”, the McCanns or white British people generally that we must fight, it may also mean fighting for the rights of people we don’t care for, Justice is Blind.

As for he is not British, he has lived here longer than anywhere else 28 years vs 22 and as for the “cost” of State Benefits, likely a whole lot cheaper than keeping him incarcerated. But why engage in such considerations with you people, a waste of your time and mine, keep sucking on your boiled sweets. “

Conclusion

An awful lot of damage has been done to the people of these islands under the “Labour Diktat” and its going to take a very long time to resolve it because these are not the attitudes that made Britain “Great” and not the attitudes to encourage a spirit of daring, adventure and innovation. The main reason that we need to leave the EU is so that we can get away from the European Courts and this constant mealy mouthed law making that flows from it.